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" Engineering students will learn not just nuts and bolts of their chosen subjects but Kannada as well as the culture and heritage of the state, with a lesson or two on how to don the iconic Mysore peta"

1.   This is part of Visvesvaraya Technological University’s ambitious Rs 2-crore plan to popularize Kannada culture and language among engineering students in the state. Under a state government-sponsored scheme, the varsity will conduct functional Kannada classes for non-state students and lectures in culture for those from the state. 
2. “There are thousands of engineering students from other states in the state. Since they spend at least four years here, we want to help them pick up functional Kannada. The Kannada Kali (Learn Kannada) scheme is under way for first semester students. We’ll roll out programmes on culture and heritage for state students who have passed out of English-medium schools and not well versed with the local language,” VTU vice-chancellor M Maheshappa.
3. Interestingly, the sessions, voluntary in nature, will be open to non-state professors.The university plans to set up a Kannada language laboratory in the university and publish a technical glossary in Kannada. To coincide with the 150th birth celebrations of Sir M Visvesvaraya, the university is preparing a compendium of his works in Kannada for free distribution in schools and colleges.